#CDA86D#CDA86D

#CDA86D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.088 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA86D
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 109)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 5.95, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 35.97, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0176 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.088 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9413, 42.0907, 20.3802)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA86D #6D92CD

analogous

#CD786D #CDA86D #C2CD6D

triadic

#CDA86D #6DCDA8 #A86DCD

tetradic

#CDA86D #6DCD78 #6D92CD #CD6DC2

square

#CDA86D #6DCD78 #6D92CD #CD6DC2

split-complementary

#CDA86D #6DC2CD #786DCD

monochromatic

#8F6B31 #BC8D40 #CDA86D #DDC39B #ECDEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDA86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CDA86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA86D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA86D	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.088 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec197',
    500: '#cda86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda86d;
$custom-light: #dec197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.875,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA86D

secondary

#B9C7DD

accent

#62BC29

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA86D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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